Combined bottle cap opener
OwnerDavid A. Rowlandinventor
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Abstract
A bottle cap opener for prying off or twisting off tapered caps including a palm size top, a base holding a tang for engaging the cap. In a modified form the top is formed of transparent plastic. A plastic or paper member for receiving an imprinted logo is attached to the top. The device in one form includes magnets embedded in the base. Still another form is formed with an opening in the base for receiving an attachment member.
Claims10
A palm of the hand operable bottle cap removing device for removing standard crown bottle caps which have a top wall and downwardly extending sidewalls tapering outwardly from a bottle which is formed with an annular outwardly extending neck ring comprising:
- a. a rigid base member dimensioned to surround said tapered bottle cap and having top and bottom walls;
- b. an opening generally formed in the center of said base having sidewalls with at least three circumferentially spaced points on said sidewall dimensioned to receive the top portion of said tapered cap therethrough and adapted for frictional registration with the outer tapered sidewalls of said cap for twisting off said cap upon rotation of said base member;
- c. a tang member protruding axially inwardly from a wall of said opening and inset in from said bottom wall and adapted for engagement with the bottom edge of said bottle cap for pry-off removal of said cap;
- while said sidewalls of said opening in said device engage said outwardly tapering cap sidewalls which provide the fulcrum for said device;
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- d. a top member connected to said top wall of said base member covering said opening and said top wall of said base member providing a relatively large uninterrupted surface for use in carrying a logo or commercial message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.